What Time Is It There? (Ni Nei Pien Chi Tien)

2002

Taiwan/France

1h 56min

12A

Directed by: Tsai Ming-Liang

Cast: Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Lu Yi-Ching

Writer/director Ming-Liang ('The River', 'The Hole') orchestrates another of his minimalist observations of urban isolation and familial dysfunction. 'What Time is it There?' unwinds in long, static takes, in which the camera lingers over people and locations, allowing viewers the space to construct their own interpretations of the film's mysterious events.